Retail sector flat in early trade Tuesday

WilliamSpain

CHICAGO (CBS.MW)-- A modestly disappointing weekly chain store sales report Tuesday helped hold the sector's main measure flat in early trading. U.S. chain stores saw their same-store sales decline 0.2 percent in the week ended Oct. 15 compared with the prior week, according to the latest data compiled by the International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS. The S&P Retail Index
RLX, +0.00%
was up fractionally at 419.64 in the early going.

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